musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:23:38 -0500
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Subject: 0319 - Today in Black History - March 19
1870 - "O Guarani," the most celebrated opera by Afro-Brazilian composer
Antonio Carlos Gomes, premiers at the Scala Theater in Milan.
His enormous musical talent opened the doors of the Milan
Conservatory where he studied under the guidance of the greatest
opera directors of the time. Among other operas, Gomes produces
"Fosca," "Condor," and "O Escravo" (The Slave).
1930 - Ornette Coleman is born in Fort Worth, Texas. He will become a
noted avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer and cited as
Downbeat Magazine's "Musician of the Year in 1966". Note: Some
sources such as Microsoft Africana incorrectly cite his
birthdate as March 9.
1937 - The Count Basie Orchestra, with vocalists Billie Holiday and
Jimmy Rushing, opens at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
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